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(Lanka-e-News-16.July.2014, 3.45PM) It is most regrettable and deplorable that because of the joint obnoxious actions of the chief justice (CJ), the attorney general (AG) and the principal of law College , the fundamental rights of the students have been most gravely damaged and dented so much so that their recourse to the supreme court for redress is also impaired and impeded, based on reports reaching Lanka e news. The worst part of this serious violation of the fundamental right of the students is: the second year law students are unable to answer the question papers at the examination that is being conducted by the Law College these days in the medium they followed the course because the question paper has been set in another language.
That is ,the question papers for students who followed the course in Sinhala and Tamil media have been set in English only. What is even most ridiculous and ludicrous in this arrangement is the request to the students to read the question paper that is in English and answer them in Tamil or Sinhala languages. Even a Kindergarten class child will understand that this is a gross violation of fundamental rights of the students though our CJ and AG could not understand this . Perhaps this is because their tomfoolery and buffoonery override even serious issues concerning student interests.
What is most unfortunate from the standpoint of the students is : they are unable to seek legal redress since the committee conducting the exam is comprised of the Attorney general (AG) and the chief justice (CJ) who head the legal system of SL and it is they who occupy the highest seats of dispensation of justice. When they are themselves instrumental for this injustice , will it serve the students any purpose if they seek justice from the same culprits on this same matter?
In the circumstances , the students have no choice but grin and bear the injustice faced by them .Believe it or not , they are compelled to read the question paper that is in English , and answer them in Tamil or Sinhala slang street language . If the legal education is to be converted into the English medium , there is a just and fair method to be followed. If the students are taught in English and the question papers are in English there is no issue. On the contrary , if the students are taught in the vernacular languages – Tamil or Sinhala , and the students are made to answer the question papers in English , nothing can be more unjust and stupid.
In the question paper on property (second part) at the exam held yesterday , the candidates were subjected to a grave injustice. Even after the distribution of the question paper , one question was withdrawn and another substituted .In addition , all the questions were those relating to property part 1 question paper, whereas the students had gone prepared to answer Property part 11 question paper .The students had to face the same injustice and confusion even in regard to part 1 of Property question paper.
It is the view of the students that these errors and blunders are being deliberately and unjustly incorporated in order to diminish the number of students passing the law exam.
